The APCID on Saturday arrested TDP NRI Bodduluri Yasasvi on Saturday and shifted him to the CID headquarters at Mangalagiri. The police arrested him at the Shamshabad airport on his arrival from the US.

Yasasvi had come to Andhra Pradesh to see his ailing mother. He was arrested in the cases in which he is accused of posting in the social media against Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.

TDP NRI leader Komati Jayaram condemned the arrest of Yasasvi by the CID police. He said that the YSR Congress government was expected to be democratic in its last 100 days of governance. However, he said that the government did not change its undemocratic rule.

Komati Jayaram said that the NRIs spread over the world were condemning the arrest of Yasasvi. They were also demanding that Yasasvi be released immediately, he said.

Meanwhile, TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh condemned the arrest of Yasasvi. The TDP leaders held a protest at the CID office at Mangalagiri condemning the arrest of Yasasvi. Lokesh said that the days of the YSR Congress were numbered. He said that the YSR Congress was handling the TDP activists as terrorists.

TDP AP unit president K Atchennaidu also condemned the arrest and said that the arrest reflected the psycho policies of Jagan Mohan Reddy. He said that the government cannot suppress the TDP with fake and false arrests.

Meanwhile, the CID police have issued notice to Yasasvi under CRPC 41A and asked him to come for the enquiry on January 11, 2024.